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  1. I've had one for years and spray cans can quickly overwhelm it if you get carried away.

    The filter is just plain old filter foam available from most plastics stores (well in Aus anyway). It is washable and the unit comes apart fairly easily. It does get a lot of build up through the maze and on the fan cage but once again easily cleaned.

    Here's what it looks like inside

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    You do need to keep it clean as you can see by the pic that the pissy little fan has to suck to fumes through all that foam and once the foam gets a bit clogged it becomes near on useless. I've found that I can do around 4 to 5 full MG Gundam kits before the performance starts to drop off.

    I use some LED strips stuck around the inside for lighting.

  2. There are two sides to each coin :) Just because they are big doesn't mean they are good. I used to use HLJ for almost everything for well over 10 years but during the last 12 months I've had some less that satisfactory dealings with them and now only use them as a last resort.

    I've been using Hobby Search (can be a bit slow at times), Mandarake and Rakutan Global Market with no problems.

    If you live in the US then Starship Modeler is outstanding but unfortunately due to the recent over the top USPS overseas postage price rises he is no longer viable unless it's a must have last resort.

  3. I've also been looking online at conversion parts. What can anyone tell me about these B-club parts? Are they any good? Will I have to do extensive work to use them(cutting parts away, glueing), or do they replace a kits standard parts? I've really had my eyes on sniper II parts, and the RGC-80 parts as part of my attempt at making the white dingo team.

    They are parts swap conversions. Pretty straight forward, just watch out for recasts, some of them can be awful.

  4. I'll add some more to the topic.

    I'm doing a repair and re-arming diorama featuring a mega Zaku. It's going to be in the desert so I knocked up a few HGUC Zakus in different colour schemes to see which one looks the best.

    First up is the scheme from the MS Igloo episode that features the Hildolfr. The EX Hildolfr kit comes with extra decals and colour guide to do one of the Feddie captured Zakus. The colours were mixed exactly as described but the brown doesn't look anything like the pictures :blink:

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    Next is the colour scheme from the Bandai Pro Shop Katsumi Kawaguchi Produce Version. This was a Char version and I've added some shotguns from a really early Kampfer kit.

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    Finally, seeing as the Zeon forces have an underlying German tone I thought I'd do an AfrikaKorp scheme. It's late theatre Glebbraun/Sandgrau. The Zaku is from the Ground War set so it has some different hands which I used along with a heathawk from the new Bandai weapon set.

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  5. I've got a few Yamato 1/48s for sale as well as some Wave & Bandai kits.

    ALL prices are PLUS postage. Prefer Australian buyers but will sell overseas.

    US buyers please be aware of the $9 security surcharge our postal service applies to ALL US bound mail over 500gr.

    Prefer Direct Deposit from Aussie buyers, PayPal for the rest (buyer pays fees or +4%).

    Yamato 1/48 VF-1J Super Valkyrie Maximillian Jenius (Max) $180

    Yamato 1/48 VF-1J Super Valkyrie Miria Fallyna Jenius (Miria) $180

    $340 for the pair.

    Not sure of the issue but I do know they are not part of the last issue a few years ago. These were displayed only. They have NEVER been transformed or had the Super parts removed. No stickers applied. Max's box has a few tears.

    Yamato 1/48 VF-1A Valkyrie Angel Birds Aerobatic Team (no box). $100

    Display only, has NEVER been transformed. No stickers applied.

    Yamato display stand to suit above VF-1. $30

    Buy Max & Millia and get the stand for free.

    Wave Macross Kits

    Wave 1/100 03 VF-1J Fighter Hikaru Ichijo Special $25

    Wave 1/100 04 VF-1J Battroid Hikaru Ichijo Special $25

    Wave 1/100 05 VF-1A Fighter Production Type $25

    $70 for all 3

    The Wave kits can be converted into the Gerwalk mode. You need both the fighter & battroid kits. The instructions are with each kit.

    Bandai Macross Frontier kits

    1/72 VF-25F Messiah Alto Custom (includes a set of Sheryl Nome deculture decals) $40

    1/72 VF-25G Michael Custom $55

    1/72 VF-27 Lucifer Brera Sterne Custom $55

    1/72 VF-25S Ozma Custom $55

    1/72 VF-25S Super Ozma Custom $70

    Ozma S & S Super both for $120

    Bandai SMS Action Base (2 for sale) $12 ea

    Buy 2 VF-25 kits and get an action base for free. Buy 4 VF-25 kits and get both action bases for free.

    All the frontier kits (including bases) for $260

    Macross Figures

    Pop Box 1/6 Hikaru Ichijo (Do You Remember Love movie flight suit). This is #0766 of 3000. It has never been opened and is complete with all accessories (dog tags & shoulder patch). $40

    Macross Frontier 1st movie Limited Edition Sheryl & Ranka Lee figures from Hobby Japan magazine. $10 the pair.

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